Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,976, Samuel English, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
English, Samuel
N. 16,976
Catharine
B.L. H. 661-200-24.
Issued July 7, 1791
No papers
This case was filed as Lemuel English
CONTENTS
until Jan. 24, 1939

New-York 1481
Catharine English, widow of Samuel English, dec d who died on the 3 d of April, 1800; - of New-York in the State of N. York who was a Lieut. in the cont commanded by Captain T. Lee, of the reg t commanded by Col. Dubois, in the N. York line for 2 years Lieut. N.Y.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 320 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Oc- tober 1837 and sent to Jane English, New-York.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1837 = $2080 Pemi-annual allowance ending 4 M. '38 = 160
$2240:00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by S. S. Elliot Clerk Book A, Vol. 2 Page 107
Catharine English, July 1, 1858.

New York 1837 August 7 th
Sir
I herewith enclose the papers in the case of my Mother, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. Very Respectfully Yours Obedt Servt
James L. Edwards Esq. James English 256 Fulton St Commissioner of Pensions N York Washington

2435
Catharine English widow of Samuel. N.Y.
Married Nov. 19. '78
adm d
2 years Lieut
320 $
no deduction
James English Esq New York

State of New York, Secretary's Office
Certify that it appears by the Military Register in this Office that on the 21 st of November 1776 Samuel English was Commissioned as Lieutenant of Captain Lee's Company in the Fifth New York Regiment, and was Mustered to January 1781 and then Discharged. It also appears by the records in this Office that two lots of land of 600 acres each in the Military Tract were granted to the said Lieutenant Samuel English by Letters patent under the Great Seal of this State bearing date the 7 th day of July 1790 [See printed Balloting book page 57]
Given under my hand and the Seal of this Office at the City of Albany the twenty-sixth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Secretary

Personally appeared before me Cornelius Lansing one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Saratoga State of New York Mrs Rachel Smith, widow widow of the late Samuel Smith of the Town of Balstern County & State aforesaid known to me to be a woman of good character and in every respect entitled to belief as a witness and she being duly sworn by me doth say on her oath that she is 69 years of age and upwards and that she has and has been acquainted with Samuel English and Catherine his wife for more than forty years and some some part of the time was their nearest neighbor and this deponent doth believe they were closely as they lived together and had a fair number of children some of whose births she was present at, she further states that it was always believed that Samuel English was an officer in the Revolutionary war, and furthermore the deponent saith not
Witness Fanny English
her Rachel Smith Mark
Sworn and subscribed at Pulteney this 28 th day of July 1887 before me The subscriber being well satisfied of the respectability of the witness and her credibility
Cornelius Lansing Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. I, ALPHEUS GOODRICH, Clerk of the coun- SARATOGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ty of Saratoga, Do Certify, that Cornelius Lansing before whom the annexed affidavit pur- ports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature
WITNESS my hand and seal of Office, the 21 st day of
July
183
A Goodrich Clerk

State of New York } County of Saratoga }
I certify that on the 24 th of July one thousand one Eight hundred and thirty Seven Persons appeared before me Samuel Young first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Mrs Deborah Clark Widow of the late James Clark of the Town of Ballston County aforesaid who being duly sworn by me doth say that she was acquainted with with Catherine Clark as long ago as the year 1777 and heard of her marriage Samuel English and was present at the birth of their first child afterwards called Ellenor English who was born in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty (1780) the deponent lived in the same house with Samuel and Catherine English for two years after they were married - and afterwards moved from Newburgh now Orange County to Saratoga County State aforesaid this deponent often was acquainted with the said Samuel English and Catherine his wife in the County of Saratoga until the death of Samuel English which took place about the year 1810 and that Catherine English remains his widow up to this time and further the deponent saith not
Deborah Clark
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Samuel Young
I the aforesaid Judge do certify that I am acquaint- ed with the above named Deborah Clark and believe her to be a woman of fair character and whose testimony is entitled to credit
24 th July 1837
S. Young

State of New York Saratoga County } ss; Clerk's Office.
I Alphens Goodrich, Clerk of the County of Saratoga, do certify that Samuel Young before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness My hand, and Seal of Office the 25 th day of July 1837.
A Goodrich, Clerk.

State of New York, City and County of New York ss: }
On this fifth day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven Personally appeared before the Marine Court of the City of New York in the County and State of New York Catherine English a resident of the City and County of New York in the said State of New York, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn accor- ding to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of Samuel English who was an Orderly sergeant in the Revolutionary Army, which he entered in July or August 1775 as a Volunteer. That he served under General Montgomery, and was with him in the engagement when he was killed before the walls of Quebec; That he was afterwards promoted to the rank of Lieu- tenant in the regular Continental Army, in which capacity, he served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lewis Dubois in the year 1777, and was in the engagement on the sixth of October in that year at Fort Montgomery in the State of New York under General Clinton. That in the year 1779 the said Samuel English marched with the troops to the western part of the State of New- York to repel an Indian force. That in the Spring of the following year they formed a junction with General Sullivan's Army at Tioga point by the orders of General Washington and proceeded from thence to the Genesee flats to attack an Indian settlement at that place, whom

they attacked and routed, and that he remained in the service until the close of the war. That she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim; the Lieutenants Commission, which her said husband held being lost, but the same was in Deponents possession both at the time of and since the decease of the said Samuel English.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Samuel English on the nineteenth day of November Seventeen hundred and seventy eight, and that her husband the aforesaid Samuel English died on the third day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and ten; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed. —
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written before Catharine English Mark
E Schieffelin Justice of the Main Court of the City of New York
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, Thomas Jeremiah, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
E. Schieffelin Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, Justice of the Main Court in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine, as I verily believe.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the fifth day of August 183 7
Thos Jeremiah Clerk.

State of New York Orange County } p
On this first day of August in the year 1837. Personally appeared before one of the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace of said County. the Reverend John Johnston of Newburgh in said County. who being duly sworn says, that he is the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of the Village of Newburgh in said County. & that he has been the Pastor of the aforesaid Church for more  about thirty years last past. That he this deponent has in his possession a part of the old records of the Presbyterian Church of New Windsor in the County aforesaid. that among which records is an entry which this deponent believes to be in the handwriting of the Rev. Samuel Close who was from some time in the year 1774 until after the year 1778 Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of New Windsor that said record is in a book headed "Marriages." and is in the words & figures following. "1778 Nov 19. Samuel English & Katharine Clark of N. B." That this deponent believes the above is a true record of the marriage of the said Samuel English & Katharine Clark as kept by the said John Close.
Sworn before me this 1st day of August 1837 }
(P) Armstrong Justice of the Peace
John Johnston.

I the undersigned Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit of the Rev. John Johnston was made & subscribed.
Do certify that I am well acquainted with him know him to be the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of the Village of Newburgh & believe him to be a man of undoubted truth & veracity & entitled to full credit.
H. Armstrong Justice of the Peace

I the undersigned Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit of the Rev. John Johnston was made & subscribed. So knows that I am well acquainted
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County ORANGE COUNTY, }
of Orange, Do Hereby Certify, That Horace Armstrong Esq before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in, and for said county: and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavit and Certificate is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the said county, the 2 d day of August
183 7
Lebbeus L. Vail, Clerk

January 28, 1939
Duane T. Englis 321 Chemical Laboratory Urbana, Illinois.
BA-J/ILL Samuel English W. 16976
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Samuel English, 3 rd New York Regiment, War of the Revolution, and Samuel English, Lieutenant, 5 th New York Regiment in that war. You state that you are especially interested in the spelling of this surname.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and only one claim for pension found based upon service of a Samuel English of New York, under any spelling of that surname. The data which follow are found in the papers on file in that claim, W. 16976.
Samuel English entered service in July or August 1775, as an orderly sergeant, name of his captain not shown, and served under General Montgomery in the battle of Quebec, where that officer was killed. He was commissioned November 21, 1776, Lieutenant, Captain Thomas Lee's company, Colonel Lewis Dubois' 5 th New York regiment and was in the battle of Fort Montgomery, afterwards wintered at New Windsor, New York; he continued to serve in this company during 1778, wintered at Schoharie, New York, in 1779, went on General Sullivan's Expedition against the Indians, during which he was at Tioga Point, proceeded up the Genesee River and destroyed the Indian Towns and provisions, later marched to Pompton, New Jersey, and remained until the summer of 1780; he continued as lieutenant of the 5 th New York regiment until January 1, 1781. His name was borne on the military rolls as Samuel English. His signature is not shown.
The paragraph req. hand xxx should go here - This officer resided in Newburgh, New York, until about 1782, after which he resided in Ballston, Saratoga County, New York. He died there April 3, 1810; he died at the home of one Samuel Clark, with whose father said Samuel English had lived when he moved first to Ballston.
Lieutenant Samuel English married November 19, 1778, in

Newburgh, New York, Katharine (Catharine) Clark; they were married by the Presbyterian Minister of New Windsor, New York. The names of her parents were not designated.
On account of service of Samuel English, Lieutenant in the New York Line, War of the Revolution, bountyland warrant #661 for 200 acres was issued July 7, 1791, by the United States. by the state of N.Y.
This officer was allowed 600 acres of bounty land on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, by the State of New York.
Catharine English, the widow of Lieutenant Samuel English, was allowed pension on her application executed August 5, 1837, at which time she resided in New York City, New York. She gave her age then as seventy-nine years but did not state the date and place of her birth. She died September 13, 1843. Her name was borne on the pension roll as Catharine English; her signature is shown by mark only.
Samuel English and his wife, Catharine, had a number of children. Their first child, Elenor (Ellenor), was born about 1780, in Newburgh, Ulster County, New York, and moved with her parents about 1782 to Ballston, Saratoga County, New York. Their son, James English, resided at 256 Fulton Street, New York City, in 1837; in 1858, he resided at 65 Barclay Street, in that same city. He signed his name English. No other names of children were given.
In 1837, Mrs. Deborah Clark, "widow of the late James Clark of the town of Ballston", stated that she was acquainted with Catharine Clark in 1777, that she lived in the same house with her for two years after her marriage to Samuel English, and was present at the birth of their first child, Elenor. In 1837, Samuel Clark, of Ballston, New York, was in the seventieth year of his age; he stated then that Lieutenant Samuel English died at his house, also, that said officer and his wife, Catharine, lived after 1782, with his (Samuel Clark's) father and family, but did not state the name of his own father, nor any relationship to Catharine.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the land which was granted by the United States on account of service of Lieutenant

Samuel English in the Revolutionary War, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the following: bounty land warrant #661, 200 acres, issued July 7, 1791. data!
It is suggested that further information in regard to the military record of this officer, Lieutenant Samuel English, might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
Jan. 24-1939- Note - When I was searching for other spellings of English (Englis) I discovered this claim of Samuel in our file under Samuel . The bounty land card for Samuel English was consolidated with this pension claim then. L. R. Deach

March 20, 1939.
Mr. Duane Taylor Englis 906 South Busey Urbana, Illinois.
BA-J/ILL John English - See letter S. 22756 Samuel English W. 16976
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to the place of birth and residence at enlistment of Samuel English, whose record was furnished you from pension claim, W. 16976, also, the records of his brothers, John, who was born March 12, 1755 and died May 22, 1832 in Spencer, New York, and William, who was younger than John and married Mary Paterson of Massachusetts.
In the paper on file in pension claim, W. 16976, the date and place of birth of Samuel English are not shown, nor his residence at the time of his enlistment.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of the William English cited by you. The record of John English is furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rev. War Section
V.L.M.
Then this letter was written, the pension claim was on file, I was not divorced until Jan. 24, 1939
March 31, 1922.
Ella I. Hopper, 1711 Taylor Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 27 th ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau show that 300 acres of bounty land were allowed on account of the services of Samuel English as Lieutenant in the New York Line on Warrant No. 661 which issued July 7, 1791.
There are no papers on file relative to said claim as they were destroyed when the War Office was burned in 1800 therefore there is no further data in regard to him or his family.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

DUANE TAYLOR ENGLIS 906 SOUTH BUSEY URBANA, ILLINOIS
March 22 1939
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. Refer to BA-J/111 Samuel English, W.16976 Dear Sir:
Since no reply has been received to my letter of February 4th I am writing to say that I have found record of a William English in New York in the Revolution as a member of the Levies from Pawling N.Y., one from Ulster and one from Dutchess Counties in N.Y. I do not know if these facts will be of any assistance in an effort to locate the soldier in question.
I am especially anxious to know if the date of birth of Samuel was given in any of the papers in his application or his age at the time of his death. This Samuel has been established definitely as the brother of the William in whom I am interested from an ancestral point of view. In the 1790 census the two brothers and also another brother John appear to be together in what is now Saratoga County but was then Albany County in New York. Later John and William move to the south part of N.Y. and John died and is buried in Spencer in Tioga County. His date of death was in 1832. Like Samuel he served in American army.
Very truly yours,
Duane T. Englis

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
321 Chemical Laboratory Urbana Illinois
December 1 1938
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
only one
I am interested in knowing if the Samuel English who was in the 3 rd Regiment of the line and the Lt. Samuel English of the 5 th Regiment of the line in New York during the Revolutionary war applied for pensions. If they did I would appreciate any information you can give me as to the service record and family of each. I am especially interested to know if the name is spelled always with the "h" or if it is dropped in some instance.
very truly yours
Duane T. Englis

Revised
Albion, Feb. 27, 1922
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Rev. War Section Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am a lineal descendent of Samuel English a Revolutionary Soldier. He was a lieutenant in the 5th N. Y. Regiment. His wife was Catherine Clarke a daughter of another Revolutionary Soldier, known in our family as "Gen. Clarke."
I am desirous of establishing my "line" so that I may join the D.A.R.
Have you any statistics that will help me in my (cont.)

endeavor?
I think these two men mentioned lived at Ballston Spa in New York. I shall be very grateful for any information that you can give me.
Very sincerely,
Ella D. Hopper.
Addres 1711 Taylor Ave., Detroit, Michigan

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1939- Jan. 28 - Hist. to Duane T. English - L.L.L. 1939. Mar. 20 - Mr. Duane T. English advised birth of soldier - residence at United Methodist West shown - see letter in John English S. 32756 J.H.L.
File No. 16,776 Catherine English Wid. of Samuel English Lieut. Rev'war
Act: July 4. 1836
Index: - Vol. 6 , Page 218
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York } ss County of Saratoga }
Personally appeared before me Cornelius Lansing one of the Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid the Rev d William Anson of the Town of Malta & County of Saratoga and Elizabeth his Wife. and being duly Sworn doth on their oaths say that he is 66 years of age and upwards and she is 56 years and upwards of age and that that they were both of them acquainted with Samuel English and Catherine his Wife. Some years before the death of Samuel English which took place about the year one thousand eight hundred and nine or ten (1809 or 1810) and whose funeral he himself attended and furthermore the deponent thinks and it was well understood that Samuel English was one of the Revolutionary officers and had served through the war and that they are acquainted with Catherine his wife and that she has ever since remained his widow. and further the deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed at } Ballston this 28 th day of July } 1837 before me }
William Anson
Elizabeth Anson
The subscribers being well satisfied of the respectability of the witnesses and of their credibility Cornelius Lansing Justice of Peace
WITNESS my hand and seal of Office, the 28 th day of
July
1837
A Goodrich Clerk

State of New York } ss County of Saratoga
Personally appeared before me Cornelius Lansing one of the Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid The Rev d William Anson of the Town of Malta & County of Saratoga and Elizabeth his Wife. And being duly Sworn doth on their oaths say that he is 66 years of age and upwards and she is 56 years and upwards of age and that That they were both of them acquainted with Samuel English and Catharine his Wife. Some years before the death of Samuel English which took place about the year one thousand eight hundred and nine or ten (1809 or 1810) and whose funeral he himself attended and furthermore the deponent thinks and it was well understood that Samuel English was one of the Revolutionary officers and had served through the war and that they are acquainted with Catharine his wife and that she has ever since remained his widow. and further the deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed at } Ballston this 21 st day of July } 1837 before me }
William Anson Elizabeth Anson
The subscriber being well satisfied of the Respectability of the witnesses and of their Credibility.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. I, ALPHEUS GOODRICH, Clerk of the coun- SARATOGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ty of Saratoga, Do Certify, that
Cornelius Lansing before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature
WITNESS my hand and seal of Office, the 21 st day of
July — 1837
A Goodrich Clerk

State of New York Saratoga County Clerk's Office } ss
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the said County do certify that I have this day received for Record a Deed dated May 5 th 1795 Executed by Samuel English & Catharine English, then of the Town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga and State of New York to John Burr of the same place, Executed & acknowledged before Ephraim White, then One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, on the 28 th day of August 1799 as appears by the Certificate of the said Judge Endorsed on the said deed—
Witness my hand and seal of Office this twenty fourth day of July 1837— A Goodrich Clerk

State of New York } ss County of Saratoga }
Personally appeared before me Cornelius Lansing one of the Justices of the peace for the county aforesaid Mrs. Charlotte Miller wife of Ephraim Miller of the Town of Ballston county aforesaid and being duly sworn doth on her oath say she is 65 years of age and upwards and well remembers her father and mother going to see Samuel English and Catherine his wife married and well remembers after they were married of their coming to her father's house and well acquainted with them both until the death of Samuel English which took place about the year 1809 as near as this deponent can recollect with out any documents - and furthermore the deponent has been and still is acquainted with Catherine English the wife and widow of Samuel English up to this day and furthermore this deponent saith that Samuel English did formerly live in the Town of Newburgh Ulster (now Orange) county and her father and Samuel English did move from Newburgh together to the county of Saratoga State aforesaid and Samuel English resided in the said county until his death, the deponent well remembers seeing Samuel English when he came to her father's house from Fort Montgomery said English was dressed in Regimental clothes and wore the uniform of an officer furthermore the deponent saith not
Charlotte Miller
Sworn and Subscribed at P'keepsie
this 28 th day of July 1837 before me
The subscription being well satisfied of the truthfulness of the contents of his affidavit Cornelius Lansing Justice of Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, ALPHEUS GOODRICH, Clerk of the county of Saratoga, Do Certify, that Cornelius Lansing before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature
WITNESS my hand and seal of Office, the 21 st day of July 1837
A Goodrich Clerk

State of New York Saratoga County ss
Personally appeared before me William H. Satterlee Esq. one the Justices of the peace in and for said County Samuel Clark known to me to be entitled to full credit as a witness and being duly sworn by me on his oath saith that he is in his the seventieth year of his age that he has been personally and intimately acquainted with Samuel and Catharine English from some time before the close of the revolutionary war until the death of the said Samuel which took place at the House of this deponent in Ballston County aforesaid in April 1810. They were married at Newburgh in now Orange County in time of the war if the news of the day was correct, and this deponent has never had any reason to doubt it for from that time to the death of the said Samuel he was known to them live together as man and wife and raise up a family of children his death took place at the house of the deponent in Ballston County aforesaid in April 1810 . Their oldest child Eleanor was born at Newburgh aforesaid some time before the close of the war; they moved with her from Newburgh to Ballston in the then County of Albany now Saratoga with this deponent's Father and family in the year 1782.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 24 th day of July 1827
Samuel Clark
William H Satterlee Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, ALPHEUS GOODRICH, Clerk of the county of Saratoga, Do Certify, that William H. Satterlee before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature
WITNESS my hand and seal of Office, the 25 th day of July — 1837
Algoodrich Clerk

State of New York County of Saratoga } I Certify That on the 22 nd day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Seven personally appeared before me Abel Muller one of the Justices of the Peace of said County John Whitehead of said County who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is Seventy Eight years of age and upwards and that he became acquainted with Samuel English at Fort Montgomery in the State aforesaid in the year 1777. That the said Samuel English served as Lieutenant in General James Clintons Brigade in the 5 th New York Regiment Commanded by Col. Lewis Dubois in the Company. Commanded by Captain Thomas Lee That This deponent served with the said Samuel English and that the Platoon in which this deponent served was Commanded by the said Samuel English as Lieutenant as aforesaid at the battle of Fort Montgomery. and that this deponent was fighting by the side of the side of the said Samuel English on the day of the Taking of Fort Montgomery after this we went into winter quarters in New Windsor in Ulster now Orange County. That this deponent and the said Samuel English remained together in service until the year 1780 That in 1778 we took winter quarters in Schoharie and the year 1779 we went with General Suli- van on his western Expedition against the Indians during all of which Time the said Samuel English was and served served as Lieutenant under the said Capt Thomas Lee and continued to serve as such until the 1780 when the five regiments were reduced to two That while we were with General Sullivan on his Expedition in 1779 we went down the Susquehannah River to Tioga Point and met General Sullivan and then the whole army went with to Gnadenhütten and up to the Indian Village called Gnadenhütten and there the Indians Massacred Lieutenant Boyd of

The Rifle Corps we then set forth to and burned up their village and Corn and then we returned to Liaga Point and went down the Susquehannah to Wyoming and from thence into the State of New Jersey at a place called Pumpston and there we took winter Quarters during all of which time the said Sam- uel English was and served as Lieutenant I am Confident that it was in the Spring of 1777 when I first became acquainted with him and that I was under his Command as Lieutenant as aforesaid untill the Summer of 1780 and after the war we both lived at Newburgh in the State of New York That the said Samuel English removed from there to the County of Saratoga and this deponent removed to the County of Saratoga also about two years after and lived a near neighbor to him for one year and within six miles of him untill he died which was as near as this deponent can recollect was in 1809 or 1810 and this deponent is well acquainted with Cath- arine English the widow of the said Samuel English and was always acquainted with her from a child was not present at their marriage but knows that they were reputed to have been married and lived together as Husband and wife from two years previous to the last period of his aforesaid services untill the time of his death that said Catherine English's name before her marriage to the said Samuel English was Catherine Clark and further this deponent saith not subscribed and sworn before me the 22 d July 1837.
John his  Whitehead mark.
A. Meeker Justice

I. The aforesaid Justice do certify that I am acquainted with the above named John Whitehead and do believe him to be a man of fair character and whose testimony is entitled to credit
A. Meeker Justice
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. I, ALPHEUS GOODRICH, Clerk of the county of Saratoga, Do Certify, that that  that  the  the  affidavit  affidavit before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature
WITNESS my hand and seal of Office, the 25 th day of
July
1837
A. Goodrich Clerk

FOURTH AUDITOR'S OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Geo. C. Whitney Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Catharine English
Samuel L. May
ad. 1836

A. O. Dayton Esq 4 th auditor
New York June 21/58
Sir I am anxious to be informed if the heirs of Lieut Samuel English of the Revolu- tionary War is entitled to receive a pension under the law passed Feb 7 1853. Lieut Samuel English deed in 1809. Catharine English his widow and my mother obtained a pension in 1837 the first money received was Nov 4 th 1837 — $20 80 Catharine English died Sept 13 th 1843 I collected her pension in this city. I have called on Mr Vanbrugh Livingston the pension agent for the above information and failed to have any questions answered on the subject
Yours with Respect
James English 65 Barclay St New York

4th Auditor's Office
June 23 d 1888
Respectfully refund to the Commission of Pensions.
A. J. Bannan
C.C.
for Auditor